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Ornamental Tram Poles

Location Dandenong Road,, CAULFIELD NORTH VIC 3161 - Property No B6437 File Number B6437 Level State

[1/1] B6437 Ornamental Tram Poles

Statement of Significance

The ornamental tram poles in the median strip of Dandenong Road are the oldest and the most ornate of the remaining tram poles in Melbourne. Erected by the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust when their network was extended down Dandenong Road in 1911, they are also one of the major remnants of the many independent suburban electric systems that operated before the formation of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1922. The tram poles are also considered to enhance one of Melbourne's great tree-lined boulevards, which is further enhanced by W-Class Trams, contemporary tram shelters, and many early twentieth century houses and flats.
Classified: 21/04/1993
See alsoB6438 Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Fitzroy Street, Peel Street, Victoria Parade Poles.